#CDDA40#CDDA40

#CDDA40 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.171 H 114.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDDA40
RGB	rgb(205, 218, 64)
HSL	hsl(65, 68%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(65, 71%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 0%, 70.6%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.70, -22.98, 69.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.70, 73.66, 108.18°)
OKLab	oklab(85.16% -0.07 0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(85.16% 0.171 114.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1751, 63.4931, 14.4091)
Luminance	0.6349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDDA40 #4D40DA

analogous

#DA9A40 #CDDA40 #80DA40

triadic

#CDDA40 #40CDDA #DA40CD

tetradic

#CDDA40 #40DA9A #4D40DA #DA4080

square

#CDDA40 #40DA9A #4D40DA #DA4080

split-complementary

#CDDA40 #4080DA #9A40DA

monochromatic

#7D861A #ACB924 #CDDA40 #DAE473 #E8EEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#CDDA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.70

#CDDA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDDA40

13.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDDA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDDA40	1.00	1.53	13.70	13.70
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EACF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DACDBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdda40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 218, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.171 114.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0e57f',
    500: '#cdda40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdda40;
$custom-light: #e0e57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdda40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 218,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.065,
    "s": 67.544,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85161,
    "c": 0.1705,
    "h": 114.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.63492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDDA40

secondary

#3A328C

accent

#3DEA4C

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFCF2

border

#D5D5CC

text

#16150B

muted

#84847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDDA40

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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